Family Seeking to Adopt
Hello,
We are very excited about expanding our family through the adoption process. We can only imagine how difficult your decision for your child’s future is and want to extend our deepest appreciation and gratitude for taking the time to read our letter. Trying to explain who we are in these couple of pages is a challenge. We cannot adequately express to you the joy it would be if you chose us as adoptive parents, but we offer this letter as our first introduction. After reading about us, we hope you will want to get to know us better. We would be more than happy to answer any and all of your questions.
Our names are Joan and Tony. Currently, we are living in Germany where Tony is an Electronics Technician and Joan is a Budget Officer with the Department of the Army.
Our marriage is more than we could have hoped for. It is filled with love, adoration, mutual respect, support and laughter. We have learned happy and successful marriages do not just happen. Instead, they are built by the effort and commitment of both spouses. We think the same is true when it comes to creating a happy family.
As a celebration of our love, we wanted to have a large family. After spending several years trying to become pregnant we were blessed and welcomed a baby boy, Ellis, into our home. We were again blessed with another baby 20 months later and this time brought home a baby girl, Lauren. Since having Ellis and Lauren we have learned that parenting is the greatest joy of life and we really want to experience that joy with several more children. We are very grateful that adoption gives us the opportunity to realize our dream of having additional children.
Once we made the decision to pursue adoption, we joined a support group and tried to learn as much about the adoption process as possible. We will definitely raise our child knowing he or she is adopted. We will explain to him or her that yours was not an easy decision and that it took a great deal of courage and love. We are open to as much or little contact that you desire.
Every husband is biased and should be. I know my wife is the person I want to spend the rest of my life with. She proves this to me daily. I consider myself extremely blessed because of it. My children have the greatest mother in the world for which am also fortunate. I know this to be true for many reasons. The joy of my children’s laughter and the happiness they exude from being around Joan. Listening to Joan read the nightly bedtime story or watching their collective efforts in the kitchen or the time and patience spent explaining something makes me realize just how lucky I am and how much I would like to share this joy and happiness with another child as part of our family.
Tony is the love of my life. I knew from almost the moment I met him that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with him. I also realized from the beginning what a great father he would be. At the time we had a friend with a new baby. Tony liked nothing more than to get down on the floor and crawl with her. I also had the opportunity to see him play “Uncle Tone” with his niece. That realization has been reaffirmed daily with our two children. Our son, Ellis, likes nothing better than to hang out with his Poppy. I often tease Tony that he is the “fun parent”. While I read a book, he creates a fairy tale. He never runs out of games or activities for the children to do. Lauren especially likes listening to reggae and doing a little dance with her Poppy.
Our favorite time is time together as a family. During the evening we enjoy dinner together, bath time, and reading before bed. Time permitting we cuddle on the sofa and watch Ellis’ favorite Disney movie (Tarzan or Bugs Life) or go for a walk with our dogs, Zoe, Cheefa, and Spot. On Saturday and Sunday we enjoy taking walks, traveling, shopping, or just playing games. We want to spend our lives sharing the world with our children. Most recently Ellis has discovered soccer and Tae Kwon Do.
If you choose us as adoptive parents, we will make it our priority to ensure that he or she feels safe and loved. We will raise them with a positive outlook toward life with lots of encouragement and plenty of hugs and kisses. We look forward to including another child in our family.
Additionally, not only will your child be welcomed by a loving brother and sister but also a large extended family. Tony was born in London and comes from a large Jamaican heritage family. Due to the geographical location we are able to spend most holidays and special occasions with them. He also has family in the United States, Jamaica and Canada. While Joan is an only child she has dozens of cousins, aunts, and uncles located in the United States primarily in Mississippi.
We would also like to introduce you to other members of our family. We have already mentioned our dogs, Zoe, Cheefa, and Spot, but we also have a cat, Cody. The dogs were especially chosen for their love of children. All the dogs are wonderful and have not complained when either Ellis are Lauren have picked them up by their ears or squeezed them a little too hard. Lauren is really fond of Cody and while he may be older (9 years) he is very tolerant of her somewhat rough attempts to love him. We recently added goldfish and hamsters to the household.
As working parents we wanted to provide the best possible child care for our children. We believe that children should be raised in the home and as such have a live-in helper, Anna. She is from Poland and is like a member of the family. She truly loves our children and has allowed us to provide a constant and safe environment for them. Our children are not forced to get up at a certain time and dragged out in all kinds of weather in order to be dropped off at a child care facility. In addition they have both been exposed to another culture and language.
We have been praying to God for the strength and patience in discovering His plan for us. We are very thankful to God for each other. We both feel it is our duty and responsibility to make sure our children knows about God and that He loves us all.
We know that your decision is not easy and we respect you for the strength it takes to place a child for adoption. As you choose your child’s future, we pray for you--that God will help you with the decision. Before we close this letter we would like to make our resolve known to you. We promise to love and raise our children in a safe and nurturing environment. We will provide an environment where they will grow up learning they can be anything they want to be and that no matter what path in life they take, they will always have our love and support.
God bless you and keep you in His hands!
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